Cool water perfectly preserves what are known as sinker logs, which lay on river bottoms for hundreds of years. These magnificent sinker cypress and sinker pine logs are considered to be buried treasure, because once recovered, they yield the richest patina of any wood.
Customers specify both sinker cypress and sinker pine for both commercial and residential projects. Sinker cypress is perfect for siding and paneling, while sinker pine can be milled into beautiful flooring and stairparts.
The video below illustrates how sinker logs made their way down to the river bottom centuries ago:
“The economical way to transport heart pine and cypress logs was to fashion them into crude rafts and float them to sawmills along southern rivers. Sometimes they extended hundreds of yards long. As luck would have it, these rafts would sometimes break apart. The logs would slip away down to the river bottom where they were perfectly preserved from oxygen and light by the cool water.”
Take a look at some of our projects using sinker cypress logs….

Heart Cypress Feature Wall

Heart Cypress – Perfect for Patios, Too!

Antique Heart Cypress Adds “Character” to Contemporary Office Space

Sinker Cypress - Antique Wood Treasures

Sawing Sinker Cypress

Dreams Do Come True… Sometimes They Are Just a Long Time in the Making!

Sinker Cypress – The Gentle Giants of the South Part Three

Sinker Cypress – The Gentle Giants of the South Part Two

Sinker Cypress – The Gentle Giants of the South: Part One

When We Say Custom Crafted...

A Professor’s Perspective of Sinker Cypress and Heartpine












The Local Public House: River-Recovered Heart Cypress Bar Tops make an Impression

If You Guessed Bok Tower Gardens, You Were Correct!

Pecky Cypress Pairs Perfectly with Distinct Wines

Take a Look at this Beautiful Heart Cypress


Naples Botanical Garden Time-Lapse Video

River Logger Black Lager – Now Available at Swamp Head Brewery!

Our Newest “Gentle Giant”

River-Recovered® Heart Cypress Contributes to the Allure of the New Eleanor and Nicholas Chabraja Visitor’s Center at Naples Botanical Garden
